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Jan 1, 770
Viking voyages
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Jan 1, 1100
Polynesian voyages
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Jan 1, 1200
When 100 million people lived in South and Southeast Asia
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Jan 1, 1200
Increased use of windmills and watermills
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Jan 1, 1200
The beginning of the guilds
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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1550
Era
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Jan 1, 1206
Temujin chosen Genghis Khan of the Mongols
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Jan 1, 1206
Delhi Sultanate founded
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Jan 1, 1206
Muslims extrend rule to India
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Jan 1, 1211
Sultan Itutmish's dynasty conquered northern Indian and centered in Islam
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Jan 1, 1227
Destruction of the Tangut and the Jin
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Jan 1, 1230
Great Khan oppressive tax-farming system
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Jan 1, 1230
Mali Empire founded
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Jan 1, 1234
Mongols conquer northern China
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Jan 1, 1234
Control of Northern China
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Jan 1, 1240
Mongols sack Kiev
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Jan 1, 1240
Sunidata defeated Samanguru
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Jan 1, 1240
Control of core trading area and gold fields
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Jan 1, 1241
The death of Ogodei
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Jan 1, 1250
The teachings of Buddhist priests
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Jan 1, 1250
Kanem had controlled part of the Sahara and adopted Islam as their religion
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Jan 1, 1255
Batu conquering Kievan Russia, Moscow, Poland, and Hungary
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Jan 1, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad and kill the caliph
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Jan 1, 1258
Destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
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Jan 1, 1258
Taking over Baghdad
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Jan 1, 1260
Batu's successor claimed himself as a Muslim
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Jan 1, 1260
Religious barriers between the Mongols and Muslims
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Jan 1, 1270
Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopia founded
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Jan 1, 1271
Unifying the Jin, Tanggut, and Song
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Jan 1, 1279
Destruction of the Southern Song
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Jan 1, 1279
Conquering the Southern Song
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Jan 1, 1298
Seizing of Gujarat
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Jan 1, 1300
Bubonic Plague
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Jan 1, 1300
Invention of the three-field system
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Jan 1, 1300
First mechanical clocks
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Jan 1, 1300
Establishment of universities
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Jan 1, 1324
Mansa Kankan Musa's pilgrimage
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Jan 1, 1325
Mansa Musa promoted Islam
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Jan 1, 1337
Hundred Year War
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Jan 1, 1338
Bengal became center of Islam tradition
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Jan 1, 1340
Power contests between Mongol Princes
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Jan 1, 1342
Gothic Cathedrals
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Jan 1, 1350
Growth of trade and manufacturing
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Jan 1, 1352
Ibn Battuta praise Malians for their faith of Islam
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Jan 1, 1378
Great Western Schism
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Jan 1, 1400
Great Zimbabwe peak
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Jan 1, 1405
Ming reaches out to the peoples of the Indian Ocean
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Jan 1, 1418
Henry the Navigator voyage
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Jan 1, 1440
First slaves from West Africa sent to Europe
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Jan 1, 1449
Mongol attack on Beijing
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Jan 1, 1450
Technical improvements
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Jan 1, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
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Jan 1, 1471
First visit by Portuguese
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Jan 1, 1482
The building of the Portugal trade city in Africa
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Jan 1, 1486
Oba sends ambassadors to Portugal to learn about the homeland
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Jan 1, 1492
Sponsorship of Christopher Columbus
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama arrives on Malabar Coast
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Jan 1, 1498
Columbus reaches mainland of South America
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Jan 1, 1500
Junk could transport 400 tons of goods
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Jan 1, 1500
Used identical ships and weapons
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Jan 1, 1502
Christopher Columbus's four voyages
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Jan 1, 1505
Portuguese sent a fleet to bombard the Swahili coast
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Jan 1, 1509
Helena sends letter to Portugal
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Jan 1, 1510
Goa taken over by Portuguese and made as a trading settlement for Portuguese
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Jan 1, 1529
Adal launches assault on Ethiopia
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Jan 1, 1531
Francisco Pizarro and the Inca's
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Jan 1, 1539
Portuguese assist Ethiopia